Eggs for breakfast this morning, with mushrooms and spinach sautéed in rosemary butter, and some more rosemary buttered toast. A late start, took a bath and read some, started feeling so hungry I almost didn't have the energy to cook! But well worth the wait:) Plan is to wait, tease out some inspiration and make some more this afternoon. With garlic for starters...maybe some fresh Sage, too? Till then, let's talk about something else, if you'll tolerate the digression. I'm not sure how much personal stuff I want to blog, generally speaking, but I like to think it's all up for grabs, especially if it's in the service of better butter!
I think there's some meaning in this experience: I had a little too much to drink last night, and convinced myself it would be a good idea to run the dogs out in the big park cemetery near my apartment. A test? Maybe. Would I lose them in the dark? Would they come back? I don't know if dogs understand freedom like I understand freedom, but I think they definitely deserve the chance to taste it from time to time. I won't hold you in suspense; they passed the test, more or less, though I wandered around the graves in the dark for a good hour convinced otherwise. Guy (he's my French brother-in-law, if you don't know. I think I owe him some butter!) came out and helped me, and we tracked down Stella in short order; she started barking at some traffic through the fence and gave herself away. She seemed happy enough to be found, and came running when I called her. Warden was another story. He's more loyal than Stella, but more driven when it comes to following his impulses. He must have gotten himself so lost that he figured I'd gone back home, and that's where we found him. I don't think he'd hesitate to choose life with me over the magnificent unknown. With Stella, time will tell. Perhaps I need to seduce her relentlessly with meat-laced butter until life without me is inconceivable. I was relieved, needless to say, and Guy and I finished the bottle of gin and had a good laugh about it. Not sure if I'll be running the dogs at night again anytime soon!
That's all for now. Butter check back later to see if there've been any further developments:) See you on the flip-side!
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